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More companies should allow unpaid leaves so workers can take stock of their career path, a Google employee argues.

Job-offer negotiations are rarely easy. Consider three typical scenarios: You’re in a third-round interview for a job at a company you like, but a firm you admire even more just invited you in. Suddenly the first hiring manager cuts to the chase: “As you know, we’re considering many candidates. We like you, and we hope […]

Not sure how to write a Pain Letter directly to your hiring manager and leave the automated Black Hole recruiting portal behind? Here's the step-by-step!

Marie Forleo talks to the legendary Seth Godin about handling failure in life, overcoming writer’s block, self-doubt and starting something that matters righ...

Looking back, adults who took time off before or during college say they have no regrets.

Part I of the interview between Oprah Winfrey and LinkedIn CEO, Jeff Weiner, in which they talk about her career, her vision and her new show, Belief. For part…

To be happy, research suggests, earning a high salary isn’t enough. Once you have met your basic needs, satisfaction comes from developing an expertise.

Harvard graduation speed by James Ryan

My clients love me! A customer told me I saved his life! I just had lunch with Popular Jane Entrepreneur, she’s so awesome! I wasn’t that impressed with Famous Joe Entrepreneur, I would have done this, this, and this! Ick. This is what self-promotion often sounds like online.

You've landed the interview for your perfect job. You're on the phone with a potential new client.

Adam Galinsky of Columbia University Business School teaches you how to negotiate salary.

Don’t let collaboration sabotage you.

In “Dancing, So As Not to Be Dead,” Ray Bradbury’s introduction to The Illustrated Man, he starts with a story about Laurent, a waiter in Paris, who spends his life between working and dancing. “I …

Americans used to socialize more with their colleagues. Now, the office is more transactional.

Brian Clark at Rainmaker interviews Dan Pink for Unemployable

“Do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life.” That’s one of those syrupy, motivational statements you see floating about the Internet. It’s often plastered on a photo of someone standing on a vista overlooking a mountain range, the ocean, a unicorn or all three if you happen to live in …

Why you should stop chasing the perfect job and start creating it.

New research from Henry Siu at the University of British Columbia and Nir Jaimovich from Duke University shows just how much the world of routine work has collapsed.

Dorie Clark examines how rapid social and technological change disrupted our definition of what a meaningful and successful professional life looks like.

Reinhold Niebuhr wrote a prayer that many of you will recognize. It goes roughly: “Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.”What does this have to do with looking for a job?Everything.There's a ton of unfairness in the job search process. As a candidate, you can’t control whether a company requires a work visa, whether some executive’s kid has an inside track on your dream job, or whether your interviewer has some private or unconscious bias that will hurt your chances. I&